IPod cannot sync with external drive

I had to transfer my iTunes music folder to an external drive as I was running out of space on my laptop. I'm also using my desktop now instead of my laptop. However, it is now only updating a few songs and I don't know where they're from as I moved all the files to my external drive.
I've configured the iPod to update from the external drive but it cannot recognise it. Do I need to reset my iPod before I can sync up to my external drive?

See:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
Sync Your iOS Device with a New Computer Without Losing Data - How-To Geek

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IPod cannot sync with iTunes

Hello everyone. I have a small problem with my brothers iPod. It cannot sync with iTunes, but mine can sync perfectly. We have the same iPod (Nano, 2GB) but his is black, and mine is white. When the iPod is plugged in, iTunes freezes for a minute or two and then keeps going. When songs are being updates, it freezes, and sometimes says that the source cannot by written to or read from, Any help?

Oh and note that sometimes iTunes thinks its a White iPod but really is Black.
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Note: i did read this: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301267 and it did not help.

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I have a new ipod and itunes shows the following message when I try to sync it;
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I have a problem synchronizing my "iCal" with my ipod.
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HT1386 I have a new computer. I have copied Itunes library from an external hard drive. Itunes now tells me I cannot sync with my Ipod as it thinks the 20gb on the computer are different to the 20gb on my Ipod touch! What have I done wrong? How can I fix

I have a new computer. I have copied Itunes library from an external hard drive. Itunes now tells me I cannot sync with my Ipod as it thinks the 20gb on the computer are different to the 20gb on my Ipod touch! What have I done wrong? How can I fix it? Alan

See:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
Sync Your iOS Device with a New Computer Without Losing Data - How-To Geek

My itunes says that my ipod is synced with another library when it is not and cannot update or sync without wiping it and all its data

My itunes says that my ipod is synced with another library when it is not and cannot update or sync without wiping it and all its data
Can anyone help me

Syncing to a new iTunes library or computer will erase your ipod. Only if you back up your iPod manually before syncing, you can restore your device from that backup again. A manual backup does not include the sync process.
Do this:
Disable autosync in iTunes, connect your iPod to your new computer and right click on it in the device list and choose backup. iTunes will backup your iPod without syncing.
Transfer your purchases the same way, choosing "transfer purchases" this time.
All media content will be erased during the first sync, but you can restore your settings and app data from your manual backup afterwards.
Don't forget to set up at least one contact and event on your new computer to be able to merge calendars and contacts when you sync the ipod for the first time.
Music is one way only, from the computer to your device, unless you bought the songs in itunes and transferred your purchases.
There is 3rd party software out there, but not supported by Apple, see this thread:http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2013615&tstart=0

I cannot get my ipod to sync with iTune.

I cannot get my ipod to sync with iTune.

Hello megansmummy,
I would be concerned too if my iPod wasn't able to complete the syncing processes. I recommend following the steps in this tutorial to address and issue like this:
iPod classic Troubleshooting Assistant
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

IPod was synced with IMac that has died.

My Ipod was synced with my IMac that has completely died and now I am trying to resync it with my Windows Vista machine. I was primary using my IMac but now I must use my Windows Machine and when I try to sync my iTunes library it wants to reformat my IPod. The library on my Windows machine is a old copy of my music and if I reformat my Ipod I will lose over 400 songs that are on my IPod and not on my Windows machine. Is there anyway I can get my IPod to again work with my IMac without reformatting it?

Hello leftwir,
No. A Mac formatted iPod, cannot be read or written to on a Windows Machine. If you want to make that possible, you'll need the help of some third party software such as [XPlay|http://www.mediafour.com/products/xplay]. If you go that route, you'll need to copy the music from the iPod Nano over to your iTunes library on your Vista computer.
If you can't or are unwilling to go that route, your only other option is to salvage the music off your iMac's hard drive and copy it over to your Windows computer.
B-rock

Trying to sync iPod with library, but receive this message, "The iPod is synced with another itunes library. Do you want to erase this ipod and sync with this itunes library". I do not want to erase my iPod... Any suggestions?? Please help!!

Trying to sync ipod with itunes library, but I keep getting this message, " The ipod is synced with another itunes library. Do you want to erase this ipod and sync with this i tunes library?"
I do not want to erase my ipod!!! Any suggestions?? please help!

Another way. You can use a USB flash drive & the camera connection kit.
Plug the USB flash drive (works the same with an SD card) into your computer & create a new folder titled DCIM. Then put your movie/photo files into the folder. The files must have a filename with exactly 8 characters long (no spaces) plus the file extension (i.e., my-movie.mov; DSCN0164.jpg).
Now plug the flash drive into the iPad using the camera connection kit. Open the Photos app, the movie/photo files should appear & you can import. (You can not export using the camera connection kit.)
Using The iPad Camera Connection Kit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4101
 Cheers, Tom

I formatted and re-installed itunes. now it flashing massage that my ´ipod is synced with another iTunes library. An ipod can be synced with only one library at a time.´ now it is giving 2 options, 1- erase and sync, 2- transfer purchases. what to do?

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Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities

IPod Cannot Communicate with iTunes

I have been using my ipod/itunes for a while now, but yesterday when I connected my ipod (5th gen Video) to my computer itunes gave me the following error message:
"The software required for communicating with the ipod is not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes to install the iPod's software"
Well, I did this it didnt work, same error. So I decided to delete all itunes/ipod software from my computer and reinstalled itunes from my initial cd. Plugged in my ipod, same error. I have gone through the 5 R's those didnt work. My iTunes opens and my library is there but I cannot sync with iPod because they cannot communicate so I cannot add any new music to my ipod. Any suggestions?

okay.
sometimes in earlier versions of itunes (itunes 6.0.x), that message could be caused by a snarlup in the registry keys on the PC. (plausibly in this case something like that might be related to the problem with the administrator account.)
in the 6.0.x days we could get some relief from that sometimes by applying the markinmadison technique:
markinmadison: Re: "The software required for communicating with the iPod is not installed..."
(in your case, rather than reinstalling itunes and the ipod updater, you'd just be reinstalling itunes. the ipod updater is no longer a standalone application ... itunes 7.0.x itself is used for updates and installs.)

I had my ipod in sync with my laptop, but later on my laptop got a virus and had to be reset. now my ipod no longer registers it as the syncing device. what do i do?

I had my ipod in sync with my laptop, but later on my laptop got a virus and had to be reset. now my ipod no longer registers it as the syncing device. what do i do?!

See:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities

Ipod is synced with another library.

I rarely ever automatically sync my Ipod but decided to sync only one of my many genre's and received a message that my ipod is synced with another itunes and asks the question do I want to erase my ipod and sync with the current computer. Of course the answer to this question is heck no. I have music on my ipod that is not in the current itunes folder and I would lose it forever. So, how can I sync my ipod with the current computer. The previous Itunes is gone and its not going to ever be accessable to me again.

Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities

The ipod is synced with another itunes library

"the ipod is synced with another itunes library" and they gave me two choices...
1. to delete all my ipod data.
2. cancel..
Guys before you reply please please read why i have turned to the support/community as this is my last resort before you reply with the most general answers which i would have already tried and did not work.
Ok, so my old computer died on me a month ago and i had not backed up my ipod touch for a few months already.. so when my com died on me i was with quite an outdated OS. when i got my com back a few days ago, i straight away told myself to backup my ipod touch, so i did. when i synced with this new itunes and clicked cancel for "the ipod is synced with another itunes library" question. it loaded like a normal syncing would do. i left it alone..
a few mins later i checked my itunes and noticed the word "DELETING ------" and i'm like WTH!?! and straight away unplugged the cable. nearly 80% of my games were deleted! all save data and stuffs gone.. i dont know what happened so i searched online.
to cut it short i found out about authorizing accounts so i deauthorized "all itunes" things and authorized this current one..
it still shows me "the ipod is synced with another itunes library" and it tried to delete my games despite that.
someone help me please. i have like 3 games left that still has my high scores from my 50+ games i had previously.
oh and one more this. i have never jailbroked my itouch before and all games are legit-ly downloaded so thats about it. anything else you need to know please feel free to ask!
I sincerely thank you for helping me.

I would move the backups to a safe place and let iTunes erase and restore the iPods. Then move the other backup to the correct location and then restore from the old backups. It may not work but you are no worse off. The backups are located here:
iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Windows Vista and Windows 7: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Note: If you do not see the AppData or Application Data folders, you may need to show hidden files (Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7), or iTunes may not be installed in the default location. Show hidden files and then search the hard drive for the Backup directory.

HT1296 I Want to sync my iPod content to newly installed iTunes on same PC after reinstall of iTunes (but it tells me iPod is synced with another library)

After my PC crashed (MicroSoft blue screen of death), I had to re-format my hard drive, reinstall Windows 7, and ultimately re-install iTunes. I have over 7000 songs on my iPod and want to load them into iTunes, but iTunes tells me my iPod is synced with another library and wants to overwrite my data. How do I make this new version of iTunes accept all the info on my iPod into a new library? I have authorized this computer as one of 4 of my 5 allowed (note I have authorized this same machine 3 times due to Windows upgrades and iTunes reinstall...)

- Transfer iTunes purchases to the new computer by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
- Transfer other music by using a third-party progtam like one of those discussed here
Copy music
- WHen everything is on your computr connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup. Do that by right clicking on the iPod under Devices in iTunes and select Back Up
- Restore the iPod from that backup
Note that the backup that iTunes makes does not contain synced media like apps and music.

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